Paint Pens and Artwork

Thanks for cleaning the pens, Shane!

Dallin's Art

Leif's Art

Max's Art

62

Happy 62nd birthday to Poppop, so glad we could have a party for him! It was a fun night and tasty cheescakes!

Eglin Playground

Eglin Playground-swings

Little Tike!

Dallin is growing so big, so fast I just can't believe my eyes sometimes! When I look at the pictures he doesn't seem like my little baby! He is so indepedent, and now talking and following instructions, thank goodness he still loves to be picked up and cuddled!

Little buddies

Nothing makes me happier than my my little guys getting along well and being the best of buddies!

Lunch time

Everyday event: eating lunch together-just thought I'd document it, because eating hotdogs kind of makes me sick but they love them!

Playtime

Cuddle time

Sunday afternoon cuddle time under the comfy comforter that Shane made me. We don't really all fit on the couch too well, but we are having a lot fun! When I bring out the blanket the kids are attracted like magnets!

Little boy on the big swing

It was just last winter that Dallin was barely sitting in the baby swing and this year he is sitting and swinging the big swing. How time flies!

Waiting for the pizza

Waiting 10 minutes for the pizza to cook is like and eternity at our house. The kids wait at the oven and watch it the entire time!

giddy-up

Nothing like a baby in his diaper riding a rocking horse!

Dad's office

Leif and Max and now Dallin all love to go to visit Shane at work. First we have lunch together in the cafeteria and then they raid his office for stamps, pencils and post-it notes.

Dental Appt.

Today was Max and Leif's turn to go see the dentist. Lucky them it was Dad! The looks on Max's face is priceless. He was scared at first but then said it tickled. Leif was a great example for Max. No cavities!!!

The helicopters

What gift could you buy for your husband and father and keep them entertained for hours on end and cost about $20?

Air Hogs helicopters! They have been flying them constantly since they opened the packages!

The quilt

This year Shane made me a quilt for Christmas. Who would have thought?? I was sewing a costume a few weeks ago and Shane starting asking me all sorts of questions about the sewing machine. Anyway I guess it all started a few years ago, Leif was really into Buzz Lightyear and he wanted a Buzz bedroom and I couldn't find a Buzz comforter anywhere. So I found some Buzz Lightyear fabric and covered his other comforter with it. Well the fabric was flannel and it is a very comfy blanket. Shane always would comment on the blanket. So for his birthday 2 years ago I made him a blanket out of flannel and covered his old comforter with it. Well, he is never without it. He takes it when we travel and it follows him all over the house... couch, bed, kids bedroom etc. He just loves the blanket and says it was the best gift he ever got. I think it is too funny that a grown man can be so happy with something so simple. Anyway we agreed nothing extravangant for Christmas this year so here is my gift and what a wonderful it is. Shane thinks it is the best gift he ever gave and I just love it. I know he worked very hard on it. What a surprise to have my husband make me a blanket for my Christmas gift.

ABE Diplomate!!!

I am so excited and proud of Shane. I was going to wait until May after the Grossman Luncheon, but I thought I would post some of the congrats coming in for Shane earning his diplomate status with the American Board of Endodontics. It took years of dedication and perseverance, to have near perfect cases completed and submitted, written exams completed and passed and then to go before the board in November and get questions fired at him from the most highly educated and knowledgeable Endodontists in the country and to take it all in stride while enduring moving, births of babies, 2 jobs, starting a private practice, always by my side during my surgery and recuperation, and all the garbage the Air Force threw at him. He is 1 of only 1378 Board certified Endodonists. It was a goal that he wanted to complete years from now, but worked so diligently that he completed it this year. In May at the annual American Association of Endodontics Meeting he will be presented with his pin for Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. I will post pictures after the luncheon.